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Jobs for the weekend that pay the rent

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Jobs for the weekend

What do you do with your weekend? Are Saturdays and Sundays your time, family time or maybe time doing something you love? When you work all week, you need time to rest. However, if you find yourself struggling to pay the bills with your day job, that extra time at the weekend could be used to bring in some extra cash. Especially if you find yourself sat on the sofa watching reruns of an old series or scrolling through your phone. Put that time to much better use and get rid of those money worries with jobs for the weekend that pay the rent.

Barista

Let’s start out list of jobs for the weekend with coffee shops. If you love coffee, why not make that your job? Become a barista and it can be a great way to earn decent money every hour and even just one weekend shift can help pay those household bills. Baristas are highly trained and if you find a coffee shop that will train you up, you could actually turn your weekend job into something more full time. For the now though, making lattes and serving rocky roads can be a great way to use your spare time at the weekend to earn some extra money.

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Work In Retail

There are lots of shops that open at the weekend and those days are often their busiest days of trade. From popular high street retailers to indie shops on side streets, they need staff. You could find a job in a florist, or in a CD shop or in a clothes outlet. These can be great jobs for the weekend because they really need help on those busier days. The hours can be long but you if you an find a decent job with a good group of colleague those hours will pass quickly.

The Food Business

Along the lines of the coffee shops we mentioned above, how about working in the food business at weekends? One of the things many people do with their weekends is treat themselves. They take their family out for a meal, enjoy eating in a café at an attraction or grab some food as they are travelling to visit loved ones. Fast food retailers and café owners need staff to prepare food and drink and serve customers. There are probably plenty of cafes within walking distance of your house so you might be able to get a job nearby, meaning there is less of a commute. If you work the full day you might even get your lunch made for you!

Answer Phones & Help Customers

Lots of people work during the week and then use their weekends to do those little odd jobs that come around once a year. From buying car insurance to organising new broadband, companies need staff to answer phones and help customers. This is where you could come in and jobs for the weekend are available. There are usually shorter hours worked on the weekend but companies realise that this is the only time many customers have to contact them. So more staff are needed to answer phones or message with people via online chat. Customer contact centres can be a great way to earn some extra cash.

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Delivery Driver

More people than ever are ordering things online. With that rise in orders, there needs to be people who deliver those packages and parcels. If you have transport you could work directly with well known retailers like Amazon or for a courier company like Hermes or Yodel. Collecting parcels for a central point and then delivering them certainly gets you out of the house. It also means you get to meet plenty of people and bring smiles to their faces when they take delivery of that special something they ordered online. You might get paid by the hour or per parcel that you deliver. Also, make use of the best delivery app so it can help you optimize routes for your deliveries. You may need to adjust your car insurance to include business if you are using your own vehicle.

These are just a handful of jobs for the weekend ideas that will help you pay the rent, bills and maybe put some money away for a rainy day.

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Emma Drew

Emma has spent over 15 years sharing her expertise in making and saving money, inspiring thousands to take control of their finances. After paying off £15,000 in credit card debt, she turned her side hustles into a full-time career in 2015. Her award-winning blog, recognized as the UK's best money-making blog for three years, has made her a trusted voice, with features on BBC TV, BBC radio, and more.

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